Etiket: overcrowding
Overcrowding in prisons is “stressful,” says Justice Minister Van Tigchelt
Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt (Open Vld) is consulting with the heads of all prisons in our country where detainees must be housed, now that 9 Belgian prisons have…
“250 detainees sleeping on the floor”: still 15 percent overcrowding in our prisons
The number of places in Belgian prisons has increased in one year. But despite the additional capacity, there is still almost 15 percent overcrowding. A year earlier, overcrowding was even…
The government already has to pay 2.7 million euros in fines due to prison overcrowding
The Belgian state currently owes 2.7 million euros in penalty payments to the Order of French-speaking and German-speaking Bars, Avocats.be. That’s what the latter reports. The appeals court forced the…
24-hour strike in Belgian prisons “very noticeable”: prison directors call for three measures to tackle overcrowding
Prison directors have presented the Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt (Open Vld) with three measures to resolve the impasse in the prison system. Since Thursday evening (10 p.m.) a…
Prison staff will soon start a 24-hour strike: overcrowding remains an unresolved problem
At 10 p.m. another 24-hour strike will start in all Belgian prisons. In Ypres and Bruges, prison guards are also leaving work because they believe that prison overcrowding is unsustainable.…
Overcrowding in Bruges prison leads to more aggression: ‘they themselves ask to stay in isolation cell’
Overcrowding in Bruges prison leads to more aggression: ‘they themselves ask to stay in isolation cell’ Especially in the section where short-term prisoners and suspects or accused persons stay, there…
Private health admits that there is “overcrowding” in its consultations due to the long waiting lists of the public
04/27/2023 at 15:20 CEST Dr. Juan Abarca, president of the IDIS Foundation, presents an x-ray on the sector that maintains that the savings generated for public health by the insurance…
The overcrowding causes the eviction of the Carmel bunkers again
As expected, the Turó de la Rovira has once again become one of the enclaves of Barcelona preferred by hundreds of young people, among them a multitude of tourists attracted…
The “fragile” gardens of the Palau de Pedralbes, threatened by the overcrowding of the music festival
Lluís Tarafa points out one of the clapas that make the parterres of the Pedralbes Gardensnot far from the royal palace, in Barcelona. “Here was vegetation until two years ago.…
Situation in Sint-Gillis prison was “never so harrowing”: suicides, staff shortages and overcrowding
The situation in the prison of Saint-Gilles has “never been so harrowing”. This is apparent, among other things, from a confidential document that ‘De Morgen’ could view. Earlier, the Collective…